Challenge Question for January 22-25, 2013

1/22/2013

After watching this video, discuss the following in paragraph form.

A. The title of this series is "What Would You Do?". I wonder, what would you do in a similar situation?
B. Discuss the connection between this video segment and other articles we have read in Unit 4.

38 Comments

EmilyBoyd link

1/22/2013 08:27:39 am

People that are getting made fun of like that really need someone to stand up for them. I would definitely stand up for the girl that they were making fun of. Would if the girl that they were making fun of killed herself the next day... I would feel really bad. So its better just to do the right thing and stand up for them.

Brianna

1/22/2013 09:53:11 am

People automatically say "If I was in this situation, I would stand up for the person being bullied."But would we really? I really don't think that most of us would have enough courage to stand up for that person, I know I probably woudn't. We all know that this could really hurt someone, but we also know thst this could really hurt us. It's just human nature to protect ourselves. This relates back to our units guiding question. If you were in a group when this was going on you would go along with it to "fit in". If I was in that situation I really don't know if I would speak up or not. I would feel completely guilty if something were to happen to the person being bullied, but I am human and it seems as if people are always trying to impress others and forget about what the person being bullied feels.
(I know this makes me look like a terrible person- but I'm only telling the truth:(!!!!!!)

Chance

1/22/2013 09:57:05 am

I would have definitely helped the girl being bullied in the video. Everyone deserves someone to stand up for them, no matter what they are getting made fun of. For instance, in the poem,"First They Came For" if the author would have stood up for the Jews, Comunists, and the trade unionists they would have came and helped him fight back when "they" came for him.

kaili

1/22/2013 10:56:32 am

If I was in a similar situation I would try to talk to the girls about why they should think before they do they do that stuff online. Like the lady said in the video they have no right to pass judgment on someone else. Plus the girls shouldn't make the girl feel worse by dragging more people into it. I think this relates to our article of the we read on the other bullied kid because all the kids went against him, just like the three girls going against her.

Natalie link

1/22/2013 11:57:49 am

If I was in a situation like that, I probably wouldn't. I would think of witty things to say and I would play a whole argument in my head before I would even think of doing anything. All you need is that 30 of courage to stand up to some one. Also, I have seen that show before and I have watched how some people act. Sometimes they don't step in unless someone did it before them, or they wait for the person being mean to get out of earshot before they help. But most people would wait until they got back, and would talk to them. Like Kaili said, that girl they were bullying could end up like the little boy we read about. After she had passed they would realize what they did but it would be too late. And the way being in a group affects the 3 girls is that they probably wouldn't say those things unless they were together. I could tell the blonde girl didn't wanna do it, because she couldn't think of anything to say. So all she did was type down what they said. This was a very good example of how being in a group most of the time does affect your behavior.

Nat

1/22/2013 12:00:52 pm

While I'm at it, I was wondering if I could give you my AoW 10 on Thursday so I can have 2 days to do it. I wrote my paper, but I have to rewrite it sense I wasn't here Thursday or Friday Mrs. Scarburrow gave me like everything at once. Plus other classes gave me work, so I don't have time to do an outline then write a paper then self asses in one night. So one more day?

Tyler U,

1/23/2013 09:17:57 am

I would hope that I would tell the girls that they are being very mean and stand up to them, but I not sure if I would have the guts to in a real situation.

Jacob K

1/23/2013 09:21:41 am

To be honest I wouldn't stand up for the person that was getting bullied.I probably wouldn't step in till someone else did.In the video I have seen what we're talking about with the guiding question.One more person kept stepping in after another.

Laken

1/23/2013 10:59:59 am

I would definitely stand up for the girl because, one person can change a persons life in a heart beat. She could die tomorrow and then all the people would feel really bad because they didnt stand up for her. Thats a good example of how being in a group does affect your behavior. Rodemeyer article is an example to because all someone had to do is say something nice and stop him from all the bad posts he was putting on the web. One person can change a persons life...

Sierra

1/23/2013 12:19:47 pm

I think if put in this situation, its easy to say we would step in immediately and stop the girls from what they were doing, yet it really would be hard to try to stand up for someone you dont even know, but we also dont realize the impact we could have in that persons life by simply stepping in and making a small difference.

Claire- The Coolest Cat In Town

1/24/2013 09:46:08 am

You know, nobody can really say what they would do until they were actually put into the situation. Recently, I saw a video all about taking orders, and how people will follow orders whether they were putting people in pain or not. The human mind works in a way that it needs acceptance, and if a person feels like no one else is doing that, they convince themselves it is not a problem. Denial, anybody?

Taylor

1/24/2013 09:48:16 am

If i ever witnessed someone getting bullied i would step in immediately and try to stop it if i couldn't stop it i would go tell someone. Well in this video the couple doesn't decide to say anything until the women says something about it, and in the video we watched in Mrs. Burkeens class nobody stopped to help until they saw other people stopping to see if the person needed help.

Zach

1/24/2013 01:42:10 pm

It would probably take me a while to get enough courage to say something, but I'm pretty sure I would. This type of cyber bullying is what caused Jamey to commit suicide, which we read about in an article rescently. This is a good example of the guiding question.

makaela

1/27/2013 12:39:08 pm

I know people say you shouldn't get in other people's business and that we wouldn't speak up because we are to afraid to, but honestly I would help the girl and I would do something about those "mean girls." Also, it is not just girls that do it, but guys too. I wouldn't let someone treat them that way or you never know what could happen. Something like the Jamey Rodemeyer case might happen.There are many people that commit bullycide every single day! I wouldn't want to know that I could of done something about it and not do it. This relates to our guiding question because if someone doesn't speak up then no one else will speak up either, but if someone, as the older woman in the video, speaks up then, like the couple at the table, will speak up and say something also. Knowing that you can help should give you the encouragement to speak up. NO MATTER WHO OR WHAT IT IS!

Cole

1/27/2013 11:10:35 pm

People being bullied need support. I would defiantly help this girl. It reminds me of the article we read about Jamey. He was probably bullied by more than one person as was the case in te video. It connects to our guiding question because those three girls would probably of not been so bold if they didnt have the support of their peers.

Ethan

1/28/2013 06:47:09 am

If I was in that similar situation I would of said the same thing that the woman said in the video. Maybe in the real world I would of watched it first and see whaqt others would do to see if they even care. In the video more people kept stepping in after another because they didn't want another human being been bullied.

Tori

1/28/2013 09:01:37 am

People who are getting made fun of really need someone to stand up for them. I myself if i was in this situation being a bystander I would stand up for the girl. Just think what if the girl did kill herself the next day? Also another question to ask is would you want someone saying that stuff about you? This relates to the article we read in class about Jamey he was being bullied because he was "gay", these situations are kind of alike the girl cant help it that she is not that attractive and Jamey cant help it that he is "gay". Also this relates to the Sandusky article, there was bystanders around watching what Sandusky did but no one went and told the police. But in this situation the bystanders were taking up for the girl that was getting bullied. Just always remember would you want someone bullying you if you was "gay" or not so pretty?

Brooklyn

1/28/2013 09:52:01 am

I would step up and take up for the girl. One reason is that its just wrong. Another reason is because you dont want to be treated that way. You would be really sad if the next day the girl they were picking on killed herself like Jamey Rodemeyer,and you saw her being bullied and you didnt step in or do anything to help the situation,you would feel bad.You would feel like it was your fault even though you didnt do the bullying.

Tia

1/28/2013 10:45:52 am

If I saw people bullying someone like that, I would definitely step in and try to stop it. Nobody deserves to be treated like that no matter who they are.
I think this video is similar to the article we read about Jamey, as well as the article on witnesses. When we see people being mistreated, our first reaction might not be to help, but we have to remember that if we don't step in, who will?
This video is also similar to the guided question "does being in a group affect your behavior?" When we are alone, we might act differently than we do with others. This is because we feel we need follow the group and fit in. Whatever the group does, we do. This is also known as "mob mentality." In the video, I noticed that whenever one person spoke up, so did others. This is evidence that mob mentality does in fact play a role in whether or not witnesses will do anything.

Hailey R.

1/28/2013 12:45:40 pm

I'm very familiar with the concept of bullying. It is hurtful, wrong, and just down right mean. I would say something. They would more than likely get an earfull from me. It also relates to the Jamey article. I say that because his was about bullying and it involved social sites. And how that one person (not named) posted saying how he should kill himself. It also related to the Jerry Sandusky article. It involved that mob mentality. If you notice, that first woman was reluctant to say anything because she was by herself. But she stepped up and said something after the other two did as well. The Sandusky article has the same concept. If somebody speaks up, another is more likely to. But if nobody speaks up, more than likely, nobody will...

Dwight

1/28/2013 12:55:22 pm

I believe that people should try to stop bulling if they see it, if they can't it they should go tell somebody. This video reminds me of the move bystander, because at the end of the movie a lot of people walk by a man that acts like he is hurt. But when one woman sen Jim there she went over to see if he is ok. When she went over there a lot of other followed her actions to see if the man needed help.

Tyler

1/28/2013 01:08:20 pm

I think that bullying is the most stupidest thing ever invented and needs to be stopped. All I see on YouTube is bullying videos of people. Innocent people who did nothing wrong to deserve pain

Reagan :)

1/28/2013 01:28:40 pm

honestly when we see bullying going on we do nothing about it. i believe that if one person or student would stand up then the reason of the crowd wouldt too. they probably just dont know what to do! if i saw bullying i would want to help but i probably wouldnt, i would be scared to. maybe the bully would try to bully or hurt me because i tryed to stand up for them.so going with our guiding question.. the 3 girls were probably so strong because their peers helped them and stood up.

Aizlinn

1/29/2013 08:12:03 am

Hopefully, in this situation, I would stand up for the person who is, in my eyes, being harassed. Jamey Rodemeyer was being bullied online and in public. When you think about it, I guess online IS in public. There needs to be more people like the ones who stood up for the girl in the video above. If there were, maybe people like Jamey would still be alive today. People may not think that these things can lead to serious consequences, but they can and it's becoming more evident as life goes on.

D.J.

1/29/2013 12:36:10 pm

In reality it's kind of difficult to think of what you would do if you were the bystander in this situation. I believe my actions would vary to the type of mood I am in at that time. I speak when I strongly disagree with something. I would most likely try persuading the girls to stop. It's kind of like the video we watched of the people acting hurt on the street, instead of others following others actions they decide to step in cause no one else is doing so.

Shaye

1/30/2013 09:47:45 am

What would I do? Well to honest I wouldn't leave the place but stick around like the other customers were, who were actually listening to what the girls were saying about the other girl. I would wait for someone else to say something towards them; if they still didn't stop that would be when I would stand up to them and at first ask them to stop nicely, but if they just ignored the comment then I would tell them to stop doing this to someone who isn't like them because in this world nobody is perfect even though others may think that they are perfect.
This video has a lot of similarities with the article of Jamey Rodemeyer going through the same things as this girl. Jamey couldn't escape it because during school and online at home he was being called 'gay' and other nasty things, the girl that was getting talked about and bullied probably didn't commit suicide, while Jamey who was 14 committed suicide because he thought that know one cared about him even existing.

Gavin Fox

1/30/2013 10:43:46 am

I couldnt listen to the girls any longer. I would have to say something to them. If I was in a group with friends, I would have to speak up and voice my oponion because I don't like seeing people being bullyed.

I'm secretly joining your class:) dont tell mardy!

Kimberly Barrett

1/30/2013 11:32:09 am

I'm so happy to see you've joined my class! I miss my Gav-O!!!

Gavin Fox

1/30/2013 10:44:11 am

HAVE A GOOD DAY!

addyson

1/30/2013 10:52:56 am

i would stend up for the girl, group or not. i have been treated like this to many times and hate seeing other people being treated like this. like jamey the girl being bullied could be push to fare and when this happens the group of girsl would turn around and act like they where the girl's friend, that sickens me. i would stand up and tell the girls to stop and show them their no better then anyone else.

Serenity

1/30/2013 01:39:27 pm

In this type of situation I think I would stand up for the girl. Yes, I would have something in me saying its not my problem but I'm positive I would override that and do the right thing.This kind of remids me of one of the articles we read about Jamey Rodmeyer. If someone would've standed up for him earlier and wasn't scared it could've changed a lot of things that happened to Jamey and maybe if I standed up for the young girl I could've possibly saved her life or made her day by just one good comment.

Josh Conner link

1/31/2013 10:23:01 am

First off i gotta say i love this show; i find myself watching it often.
during this episode we really got to experience the "mob mentality" in
full effect, the group of girls bullying their classmate were probably hard to take on as a bystander. but, i was glad to watch as both bystanders stepped in and were not afraid to give these girls a mouth full. :)

Marisa

1/31/2013 01:29:29 pm

I honestly think I wouldn't stand up for the girl. I really do not know what I would do, actually. No one really knows until it happens right then and there. Everyone says they would say something, but does any of us really know? Just like the Article of the Week #9, Jamie was a kid, like us, who was getting bullied and no one took a stand for him. After he sadly took his life, all of his "friends" said they tried to take a stand, but did they really? If they did, Jamie would still be here today.

nick

1/31/2013 02:00:57 pm

I myself would step in and say something to stop the girls bullying this person.it fits in to the unit 4 guiding question on many levels. would the girls even bully this person if one of the other girls didn't, most of the people who step in seamed to be by themselves or with a partner, not with a big group.

lexie.

2/4/2013 11:09:51 am

if i was put in that situation i would like to say that i would say something to the "mean girls" but in all honesty, i dont really know that i would. this video fits in with unit four very well. it ties in with stories like the story of Jamey Rodemeyer who commited suicide due to bullying like seen in the video also it fits in with the guiding question " does being in a group affect your behavior?" because, maybe the reason the girls get away with doing things like this, is because fellow classmates just go along with it becuase of the mob mentality, people have a mind set like," if no one else speaks up why should i?" like in Jamey's story no one spoke up maybe if someone did it couldve had a domino effect and more people wouldve stood up for him too and the mob menatlity woudve been used in a helpful way.

Noah carter

2/11/2013 08:22:49 am

Truefley I would go tell those girls to go get a life. That is one thing that will eat me from the inside out. I can not stand to hear someone say stuff like that to other people. l would severly get mad and tell them off.

Tyler R

2/14/2013 01:53:32 pm

If I was in a situation like that I don't know if I would step up or not because I don't know if I would want to be harassed myself but I would probably attempt to do something to get them to stop bullying that girl because they were being really mean to that girl on the computer I would probably be like the guy that stood up for the girl because that is really me

This reminds me of the article about Jamey rodemeyer because Jamey was bullied on the Internet saying no one would care if he killed himself so that is probably what they said to that girl and that is one of the worst things you can do to a kid is to bully them.

channing

2/19/2013 10:14:34 am

nobody deserves to be bullied like the woman and lyrics from lady gaga
you where born that way

When You know better, you do betteR!